# Cedar Rapids Ionwave #3311559-02

Cedar Rapids Ellis Boulevard NW Levee, Floodwall, Roadway, and Utility Improvements

**Posted:** October 21, 2026
**Respond By:** November 18, 2026
**Identifier:** 3311559-02
**NAICS:** 237990, 237310, 237110, 238190

The City of Cedar Rapids is seeking unit-price construction bids for levee, floodwall, roadway, and utility improvements along Ellis Boulevard NW.
- **Government buyer:** City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa — Public Works Department, Engineering; project is part of the City’s Flood Control System.
- **Project and estimated value:** Ellis Boulevard NW Levee and Floodwall Improvements, Contract 3311559-02; estimated project cost is **$4,530,000**.
- **Scope:** Build an earthen levee and floodwall; remove, realign, and reconstruct Ellis Boulevard NW from Q Avenue NW to Ellis Park; and complete related water-main, sanitary-sewer, storm-sewer, subdrain, pavement, sidewalk, shared-use-path, traffic-control, erosion-control, and landscaping work.
- **Notable specified materials:** **PZ-22 steel sheet piles — 4,194 SF (11999-A-2)** and **HP14x73 steel piles — 1,467 LF (11999-A-3)**, both furnished and installed. Planting includes 98 two-inch B&B trees and 3 B&B trees measuring 5–6 feet tall (both 9030-B).
- **Named firms:** HR Green, Inc. is identified as the project designer. No product manufacturer or required supplier is named; the specified pile types and other construction materials are not assigned to an OEM.
- **Key requirements:** Work is staged in four stages. Keep Ellis Boulevard NW open to traffic for the stated stage milestone and maintain access to Ellis Park and its shop for City vehicles. Designated levee fill requires at least 30 days of settlement before related work proceeds. The project also includes a four-year maintenance period; seeding and planting may be completed outside the stated seasonal milestone.
- **Schedule summary:** Early start follows notice to proceed; the project includes a roadway-reopening milestone and a later final-completion milestone. No specific calendar dates are included here.
- **Bid schedule:** Extensive unit-price line items cover earthwork, utilities, road and path reconstruction, drainage, site restoration, testing, traffic and erosion controls, and floodwall work. See line-item lists below for quantities and reference item numbers.

### Description

The City of Cedar Rapids is seeking bids for installation of an earthen levee and floodwall, and removal, realignment, and reconstruction of Ellis Blvd NW from Q Avenue NW to Ellis Park. The work also includes associated water main, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer improvements. Bids are on a unit-price basis, and the engineer’s opinion of probable cost is $4,530,000. The bid deadline is November 18, 2026, at 11:00 AM CT; final completion is scheduled for October 27, 2028.

[View original listing](https://citycrbids.ionwave.net/PublicDetail.aspx?bidID=1939&SourceType=1)